Show Notes

“Part of the reason for just continuing to make stuff I suppose is also a sort of hope that other people will be doing that; creating a layer on the planet of stuff that people were making and thinking about.”

Lindsay Vickery is a composer, performer, and music researcher. His music explores collage, fractal structuring, and improvisation, in the context of interactive electronic works, and chamber music (phew!). This widely travelled composer speaks about his research into non-linearity through digital notation, wagging school sport to hang out in the music department, and what it’s like to write an opera. We tackle the tricky questions like what really is “new music” and what role does it play in our society? Why is the Australian composition community booming despite cuts to arts funding? Hear one of Australia’s best exports weigh in on the hot issues of today.